Congratulations to the 2016 PW Fair Honey Show Ribbon Winners

Thanks to everyone who entered the honey show, which included new classes in candles and display frame this year.  A special congratulations to our ribbon winners. 830- Bees Wax Block 2nd- George Wilson 831- Chunk Honey 1st- George Wilson 832- Comb Honey 1st- George...

Free Varroa Management Guides

A new downloadable varroa guide is available from Veto Pharma.  The percentage of infestation to treatment seems a bit on the low side (others suggest treat at a 1-3% infestation)  but still a very helpful reference and explanation...

Prince William Fair Time- Volunteers Needed

PWRBA Members please check your email for news on FIELD DAYS (two scheduled for August) and volunteering at the PW Fair. PWRBA will have our full display at the PW Fair, including an observation hive from  Friday, Aug 12th through Saturday, August 20th. TIMES: ...

Teaching children about bees and pollination

Bees Louise!  Well not our PWRBA Louise, although she does spend her time educating children, but another woman, Louise L. Lynch has a wonderful series of detailed lesson plans to use with children complete with teacher packets and activities for youth. See them...

Rooftop Beehive now on Virginia State Capitol

https://governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/newsarticle?articleId=15724 6/23/2016 RICHMOND – Earlier this week, First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe joined Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Sam Towell and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)...

Beeswax Artistry

Aganetha Dyck is a Canadian visual artist whose career spans almost four decades and possesses a body of work as diverse as the life experiences she has had over those years. Her current research is based on interspecies communication between humans and honeybees to...